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Honesty 诚实 A man went to an insurance office to have his KE insured. Tlie manager of the office asked him how old his parents were when they died? u Mother had a bad heart and died at the age of thiity. Father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty-five?n “ I am very sony said the manager, “ we caimot insure your life as your parents were not healthy.n As the man was having the office, depressed, he met a clerk, who had overheard the conversation? Ybu must not be so frank and tell the truth, said the clerk, u no office will iiistue you if you speak like that. Use your imagination a little. ” Tlie man went to another office and was shown into the managers room? “ Wdl、young man, how old were your parents when they died? ” u Mother was liinety-tlu-ee, and she died from a fall off her bicycle? Father was ninety-eight and he died wliile he was playing football. 判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。 ( )1.A woman went to an insurance office? ( )2.The mans mother died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty ( )3.Tlie mans father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty?five ? ( )4.The man told the tmth to the first manager. ( )5.Tlie man told the truth to the second manager. An American on a British Train 一个美国人乘 英国火车 A young American entered a railway compartment on a British train, to discover that all seats were occupied, Including one on which was seated a small dog. To its owner, a middle-aged lady wearing a laige hat, lie said politely, “ Excuse me, maam、 but may I sit down? She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned ovb the pages of her newspaper. Again he said, “ Excuse me, maam, but may I have tliis seat, please? And again she ignored him. For a tliird time the young Ainencan said, Maam，would you please remove your dog so that I may sit down? And for the third time the snooty matron totally ignored him, so he opened a window, picked up the dog, tliiew it out, and then sat on the empty seat? Tliere was a stymied silence, and then an Englislmian sitting opposite said, “ You know,